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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
A Rebuke for Putting on a Little
False Style.
from the Detroit Free Press,

sIf Catalina Rombustus Pierson ar
in de hall tonight should like to hev
lin step dis way" said Brother Gard
her as he wiped his spectacles on his ell
bow and turned his gaze into the south
west corner.
Castaline, who is a young man of %,
very stiff in the back and of ancient an
cestry, came forward with a bland smile
on his face and his coat buttoned very
tightly around him.
"Brudder Pierson," continued the
President in fatherly way, 81 has had
an eye on you fur some time back. Ar
/ dat dimun pin you has on r
'No, sah-its glass.
ri thought so. Is dar anything at
de eand of dat watch chain?"
"No, sah."
"Gold chain p
mo, sab. "
elbows dat suit of cloz, Brudder
Pierson-paid for Or not 2"
emo, sab, but TIE gwine to pay"
'tOh, your ar De tailor was ober to
see me las mite about 'em. Please lem
me see dat big roll of money you war
carryin' around yesterday"
-''i'ze done took it apart sab. 1t was
only two-dollar bill wrapped around
rag"
EJist as 1 'spected, How's yer bod,
Brudder Pierson!"
"Three weeks behind, sab, but Ize
gwine to pay up"
''Dat's good news. Owe any borrow
ed money!"
eyes, sab, but Tze gwine to pay it
back"
"Den, to sum up, you doan' own de
cloze on your back. You ar cheatin'
de public wild glass dimun, brass
watch chain, an you am dodgin' credit
ors in cherry direction. All dis fur
what? To put on a leedle style. Brud-
der Pierson, you am deceiver; you am
= hypocrite; you am a liar. Dar am
heap of white folks just likeyou. Sooner
dan let the world know de am poo dey
viii commit crime Whar dey orter
war kaliko dey will buy velvets; whar
dey orter pay der milk-bills dey will
use der money to go to de grand opera.
Meet 'em on de street an you'd think
dey owned a bank. Go to DER homes
an you'd think you'd stumbled into de
poo'-house.
81 doan' rlnderstan', Brudder Pierson,
why you feel called upon to swell. Dem
cloze won't hide yer black face; dem
fashnuble CATERS won't reduce de size
of yer feet; a brass watch chain an
glass diamun am not gwine to boost We
into high society an hold We thar very
long. How does you reason dis case,
Brudder Pierson 2"
'I-I doan' know"
''Well, sab, you resume yer seat. De
mex time you appear heah dat chain an
dimun must be missin'. I'll give you
just two weeks to part yer ha'r away
from de middle. In abo' TO weeks if
dat bod bill amt paid an de tailor feel
in safe about his money, sunthin' will
drap. 1t will drap hard, an it will hit
you Dis club believes in kaliker shirts
an cash down fur grub; in stogee shoes
an house rent all paid up; in Kentucky
jeans and no bill at de butchers; in
paper collars and no dodgin' creditors.
Sit down, Brudder Pierson, and think
it ObeT."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
SOIaee for the Aged.

One of the lamants of old age is that
no new friendships are formed. 1t is a
rather mouTnfnl fact that most person
who pass fifty years years lose the gift OF
pleasing The sparkling eye, the merry
laugh. the hearty speech, the sympa-
thetic manner are all gone, and in place
of these guarded hearing and a so.
Der habit of thought and Judgment.
Good looking young people, with Their
pleasant faces and enthusiasm, win
friends off hand, but the sacaialed and
mature man gets more and uore iso-
lated. Those of his own kind give
only what they receive, and the young
shrink from him. He has los, the glow
of youth and the conquering vfvacity of
youth. He estimates the pursuit of life
with frigid sk,spticim, and those
who still delight 10 COLLECT the dust
in the race course are offended at him.
He may be ever SO just and kind, but his
exterior bears the scars of pain, and the
average man or woraan instinctively
draws away from an Invalid. If he be
wise he will fall back GpOn books and "A
fishing rod in season and make friends
in heaven, for his chance of making any
down here is decidedly slender Pitts
Jtng Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
Sleeping Face Down.

All along the docks these sweltering
days, when work is slack, sailors and
roustabouts can be seen sprawled i'll
sleep. They flop down on tarpaulins
under the shade of big vessels, on cot
ton bales, in hogsheads overtipped, on
coils of rope, an d in all sorts of places.
But in every Use they lie in the same
attitude. 1t is with the face on the
arms.
"Why is it p one was asked.
"More'n likely because there aren't
no posish We can bestow your hulk into
that'll give so much rest in such a short
buckin' spell, said the old sailor man.
"Hain't We ever notissed how tramps al
ways sleeps that style by the roadside?
I'll bet you lay that way nine time outen
ten for IL short nap, though you mebbe
don't know it. AS L say, it's the rest
fullest of ways to bunk. Probly that's
one reason all these coves lays that fash
ion long the docks, say |. Then there's
another reason. That's flies. Sleepin'
that way keeps 'em off'n your nose. -
-Egenjng Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
Slightly Irregular.

The Dakotass Bell tells this story of
Western life:
"You are accused of holding up man
at the depot, shovinga siX-shooter under
his nose and making him give you $25, -
said a Justice of the peace to Dakota
loan agent. who had been brought before
him.
"Those are about the facts in the
case, " replied the loan agent.
"Then [ shall be obliged to hold You
for robbery"
Gust let me explain how it was. You
see, he was leaving the Countrywide
train was already in sight. knew he
had 1875, and there wasn't time to get it
any other way. This business method
may be Just slightly irregular, but the
time was so short that it was the best |
could do, and that's all there is about it.
If had known he WAS going sooner [
should have got him to sign ciattel
mortgage, and then everything would
have been regular"
"Well, . replied the Judge, ''if that's
the case I suppose it's all right. Try
and get tho mortgage, though, when
you can-it's more business like"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
A SUMMER INDUSTRY,
Chicago Women Making Toboggan
Caps for Next Winters Trade.
(From the Chicago News.)

(IiOLl tIlt SlIICtSO NEWS.
"That makes over 3OO," said the
manager of knit goods manufactory,
rs young woman with bundle in her
hands closed the door behind her. 81
advertised for women to do crochet work
at their homes, and I've fairly been be-
sieged with applicants ever since.
"Why is there a special demand for
crochet work at this season of the year )"
Toboggan caps, was the laconic
reply. g You see, we're getting ready
for next winters trade, and as there
seem to be no signs of the toboggan
craze dying out, we want to luy in Il
good stock of material to fill the de-
mands of the jobbers, This crochet
work is an excellent thing, by the way,
and there's many a family in Chicago
which is entirely supported by it. 1t
doesn't require much skill, anda woman
with any aptitude for that kind of work
can easily crochet ten caps in the course
of the day. We pay ten cents cap, so
you see woman can make nice little
income out of the work. Strange to
say, however, most of our applicants are
married women, who are supported in
comfortable style by their husbands.
They have everything they want except
pin money, and they take this means of
getting it. After all, it's sort of an
amusement for them, too. After their
household duties are over, and they find
their time hanging heavily on their
hands, they can take out a cap and work
on it. why said a woman to me this
morning, i think this is just a splendid
scheme. I don't care if [ don't make
more than 81 a week; it will keep me
in ice cream Some firms require the
croche.ers to make a deposit before they
take the work home, but We never do.
I've been i'll the business over ten years,
and I've never known the firm to lose
an ounce of material. No, the people
who do this kind of work are honest"
At this point buXOm young matron
entered the managers Office leading
little girl by the hand "Oh, Mr..
- she exclaimed, 81 want material
for six dozen caps. We've started So
ciety on the west side, and we're going
to have Gaping bee every day. It's
just too delightful for anything and I'm
going to make ever SO much pin money
this summer"
THAT'S just the way it goes" said
the manager, after the applicant for ma
terial had departed. Now, I know
that woman. Her husband is head clerk
in big store down town, and gets Il
salary of 81, 800 year. She has no
need OF money it's only freak in
which she has induced some of her
friends to participate. They'll soon
tire of it, though, and then some one
more in need of the money will receive
the benefit"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
There We're Great Men in Those
DAYS"

An opinion was current, in the last
century, that our ancestors, at some
time in the past, were the equals or supe-
rlorS in size to the largest men now to be
found. NJ. IIenrion presented to the
Academic DIES Inscriptions, in 171S, a
memoir on the variations in the size of
man from the beginning of the world
till the Christian era, in which Adam
was given one hundred and twentv-three
feet nine inches But after the first pair,
the human race, in its Imagination. suf-
fered a regular decrease, so that Noah
was only one hundred feet high. while
Abraham shrank down to twcntv-cight
feet, Moses to thirteen feet, the mighty
Her ules to ten feet eight and n half
inches, and Alexander the Great to a bare
six feet and a half. The communication,
it is said, was received with enthusiasm,
and was regarded, at the time, as
''wonderful discovery" and a sublime
vision"
The complaint about the degeneracy
of the human race is not new, but dates
as far back as the time of Homer, at
least; for the men of his day were not
like the heroes of whom he sang. 1t is
not confirmed, but is contradicted by all
the tangible facts, and these arc not
few. Human remains that are exhumcd,
after having reposed in the grave for
many centuries, as in the Catacombs of
Paris, have nothing gigantic about them.
The armGr, the Cuirasses, and the Casques
of the warriors of the middle ages, can
be worn by modern soldiers; and many
of the knights suits would boz too small
for the cuirassiers Of the European armies;
yet they were worn by the selected men,
who were better fed, stronger, and more
robust than the rest of the population
The bones of the ancient Gauls, which
are uncovered in the eXcavat' ons of
tumuli. while they are of large dimcn-
sions, are comparable with those of the
existing populations of many places in
France.
The Egyptian mummies are the re
mains of persons of small or medium
stature, as are also the Peruvian and
Mexican mummics, and the mummies and
bones found in the ancient monuments of
India and Persia. And even the most
ancient relies we possess of individuals
Of the human species the bones Of men
who lived in the Tertiary period, al
epoch the remote antiquity of which
goes back for hundreds of centuries, do
not show any important differences in
the sizes of the primitive and of the
modern man.-P0pHl0r Science H0Ath'H
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
SELECT SIFTINGS.

| Watches with springs were first made
at Nuremberg about 1477.
The pianoforte was invented in Lon
don by Zampi, German, about 17G6.
a gentleman in Michigan has freak.of
nature in the shape of Holstein calf
that is covered with wool like a sheep.
The first Methodist Bishop in the
United States was Thomas Coke. sent
over by Wesley and arriving in New
York in 1884.
The noble flower, edelweiss, which it
is great thing to have plucked high up
on the Alps, is in danger of becoming eX-
! tlnct, and gardens have been laid out bv
the Alpine Club for its cultivation and
! protection.
The first custom-house in New Eng
land was established in Boston in 1880,
with Edward Randolph as commissioner.
His authority was superseded by the Gre
alton, by the General Court, of colonial
naval office.
If WashingtOnian remains away from
church month he may be fined fifty
pounds of tobacco, and 'babblino
woman may be ducked in the Potomac.
Such is the law still found on the statute
books of the capital.
The story of cinderella or the Glass
slipper is said to have been told to the.
boys and girls thousands of years ago. 1t
turns up in the childish literature of al
most every country, though not always
in precisely the same form
There is a farmer named Bill living
near Saybrook, Conn. This of itself is
not remarkable circumstance, but the
fact that his full baptismal name is Kan
sas Nebraska Bill, is worthy of notice
/ lie is called Nebby for short
The name "boniface," as applied to a
iDta or tavernkeeper, is believed to have
with George Farquhar, one of
whose chSlacters, an innkeeper, in his
comedy, 1.-THE Beau's Stratagem," was
known as Will Boniface. This comedy
was written in 1907, which makes the APP
plicasion OF this name at least $50 years
old
Prof Y. L. Jacquossin, of Chicago, has
written the Lords prayer within a round
space no larger than the end of a COM
mon lead pencil When it is considered
that the prayer consists of $50 letters,
ten of which are capitals, and fifteen
marks of punctuation, the act of the
rSofessor in writing forty-t-Eo French
words (of unnamed lengthy upon grain
Of wheat is somewhat thrown into the
shade The writing was done without
the aid of glass, and can easily be read
with the naked eve.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
A Young Conductor.

ThurlOw Weed told good story in
the cloak room of the Senate one day
about his crony, Dean Richmond, of
Albany. Mr.. Richmond had a son
whose habits were not consonant with
the railroad kings ideas Of prudence.
He was sharp, shrewd, and witty, but
was emphatlcally zone of the boys. "
The paternal purse was long and his pa
thence stretched out to equal dimensions,
but finally the young Richmond wore
out the patience, and was told that he
must go to work and earn his own liv-
ing. The old gentleman placed him on
one of his railroad trains, and when the
youngster had learned the duties of o
conductor, promoted him to that sta
ton. One rule of the road was that no
one should be dead-headed, Each pas
senger was compelled to produce ticket,
pay his fare, or show pass signed by
the president, Dean Richmond. A few
days after young Richmond took
charge OF q train his father was among
the passengers. In due course of time
the conductor reached the seat occupied
by the old gentleman, and, tapping him
on the shoulder, CALCULATED: Cricket,
sir" Dean made no reply other than a
good-natured smile. Cricket" said the
conductor, emphatically. 81 have no
ticket, you young rascal" said the old
gentleman, warming up as he noticed
the other passengers giving attention to
the scene, land don't need any" "Have
you pass, them" quoth the conductor.
"No," roared the now wrathy parent;
'clear out or I'll discharge you" eff
vOu've neither ticket nor mass " 20
sponded the son, 'you must pay your
fare" Again the railroad president
threatened to discharge the conductor
unless he moved on. ''Will you pay 2"
said young Richmond, reaching for the
bell rope. "Pay your fare, or I'll put
You off :" Remonstrance was in vain,
and the president was compelled to pay
the fare on his own road When his
wrath had time to cool down he was
pleased at the young conductors strict
obedience to orders, and concluded to
give him better chance than punching
tickets.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21

by the blows, and the sight gave me
courage and determination. When both
of the men were on their feet the one in
| uniform commanded me to give up the
gun. held it in way to cover both,
hammer up and finger on the trigger,
and did not mean to give it up. For
half minute after the man spoke there
was dead silence. The light hung from
the ceiling between me and them, and
although it was turned down, | could see
the slightest move made by either The
false policeman picked up stool, raised
it above his head in deliberate way and
said:
"'Boy,put down that gun or I'll brain
your
- Hold on, Dick, let me shoot him, ,
whispered the other, and he drew from
his pocket one of the first reyolvers
had ever seen.
''He had it pointed at me, when Dick
stopped him by saying the report would
arouse some one. Coward that he was,
he dared not advance upon me, but sud
denly flung the stool at my head. 1t
struck the lamp with a great crash, and
IN a second we were in darkness. The
glass had not ceased rafting when |
blazed away with the gun. 1t was loaded
with swan shot, and had put in a whole
handful. There were three or four
screams of rage and pain, and one went
to the floor with heavy crash, while the
other staggered to the door, opened it,
and staggered out. l was after him in a
jitfy. 1t was moonlight outdoor, and
saw him in the middle of the street. l
ran right for him, shouting for the po-
lice, and as he turned and saw me | called
to him to halt or l would give him the
other barrel Well sir, held him right there
until an officer came to take him away,
but 1 must tell you that he had three or
four of the shot in his face and was badly
dazed. When we entered the bank we
found father sitting up and rubbing his
head, and across his feet was the dead
body of the other crook Nearly the
whole charge of shot had struck him in
the breast, and be. was dead inside of a
minute.
''Tve got the. newspaper accounts
pasted into a scrap book. They made
me out hero, and they praised me much
more than I deserved. 1 told the story
Just as it was to the bank people, and
the result was that was put in to watch
with father, and we were there together
for the next ten years. The wounded
crook got sentence to prison, and be-
fore he went he owned up like a man to
all have told you. They got father to
open the door by giving four knocks, |
and they had him down before he |
knew what was up. If left undisturbed, |
they would have made big haul, as the |
bank money was easy to get at Since
"A week after that night [ have been a |
bank Waterman, and though have had
no other chance play the hero, the fact
that [ am kept in my place is evidence of |
"-Neao York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
TREATING TILL WRONG DISEASE.


The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded q vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of wOmans peculiar maladies.
DIR. Pierce's EayOrite Prescription
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more aggravated and obstinate cases which
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peculiar ailments.
as q powerful, inyigorHtinG tonic,
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21
A Gauder's Maternal Qualities

Mrs. John Chandler, who lives about
six miles east of Marietta, set a goose in
the spring. Tie goose set on the eggs
about week and died on the nest She
was taken off the nest and gandcr,
mate of the goose, took her place on the
nest and set three weeks, when the eggs
Matched, six in number. He cares for
the little orphans just like a mother
goose, covers them at night, and during
the day leads them where the grass is the
greenest. - Walton (Go.) Democrat.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21

"Wars and rumors of wars, " and
earthquakes in divers places" are
upon Us. Can it be that the grand
wind up of mundane affairs is at hand!
Better be on the safe side, and pay up
your printer.
Geo. Penny did the square thing by
everybody last evening = We5lsoAe Free
Press. George must have paid his debts
then, for being round that is the only
square thing a penny can do. Good
for George.
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THE PLOwMAN OF THE VOLGA
PLAINS
tFron the Russian of Aleris KoltsoG.)

tFrone the Russian of Alsris KoltzoF)
lAIex's Nassilievich Koltzoff, the Robert Burn
OF RUSSIAN poetry, was the son Of cattle deale
snd ~aS born in Voronei. Southern Russia, /
1873. In summer he tended his fathers cat le O
tHe steppes, and in thu winter he drove rf.m 1
Marbet. he received little school education. bu
ms intimacy WI life on the plains appears in d
bis poetry his talent attract d the attention G
patrons OF Russian literature, and he was about I
go TO IT etersbnrg to devO himself exclusivel
70 nterary pursuits when death cut short his career
lie died IN So aged thirtY-three years. Koltzof'
Nnngs are among the chief gems of Russian verae.
Up, my horse, pull!
Three good acres in the field,
To our plow it all must yield,
Moist, dark burrows turning,
See! behind the forest dim
Peeps the suns uprising rim,
SpleGdidly burning.
On, my horse, pull!
am master and servant to thee,
Working behind thee merrily.
Plow and harrow Winding,
Sowing still in sun and RAIN
Then, in time of ripened grain,
Reaping and binding.
Up, then, my horsel
Hurry on the shining share,
Coy cradle to prepare
For the seedlets' slumber.
Mother Earth viii nurse and rear.
I'LL the tresSes green appear
Blades without number.
Oh, then, my horse
Think of the tall corn, waving bold,
Slowly turning from green to gold,
Hung with plump ears mellow.
We shall hear the sickle soon.
Oh; how sweet the rest at noon,
On the sheaves yellow.
Pull! For thee; my horse,
Good feed, water from the spring.
While we toll, my heart shall sing:
Grant, o Lord! full meaure.
Let no blight of hail or rain
Fall upon my field of grain
7 is all my treasure.
Henry TyreH, IN ST. Nicholas.
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As "a soothing and strengthening
Eeryine. " FavOritC Prescription " is uu-
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21

Mr.. w. H. McAIlis:er, Manager Pacific
Coast Agency Star Tobacco, 2Oj Front Street,
San Francisco, Cal, writes: Il used one bot
tie Of It. ia: obs Oil for rheumat SIN in muscles
of arm and shoulder. 1t gave immediate d
permanent relief. A member of my family
was cured in the same way